A false claim can cross Pakistan in minutes. A misleading video, an old photograph or an invented quotation can appear on hundreds of phones before a newspaper has published a correction. In that race, social media has a special importance: it can spread misinformation, but it can also expose it.

Balochistan is often discussed through the headlines of terrorism, political unrest, missing opportunities and economic deprivation. Yet another story is unfolding across the province, one that receives far less attention.

Private tribal prisons, terrorist recruitment and cross-border disappearances are three different realities being merged into one political narrative.

Manahil Hameed’s work as an electrician offers a different way to think about development: not only as roads and buildings, but as the skills that help people solve everyday problems and build livelihoods.